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A Dangerous Passion by E.E. Burke  

About A Dangerous Passion by E.E. Burke:

Can a hero lurk inside the heart of a villain?

Life in a small New England village is too quiet, too ordinary for a free spirit like Lucy Forbes. When her father lands a job out West, she packs her books and her dreams and eagerly sets off to pursue the kind of grand adventures she longs to experience and write about. Yet the moment she steps off the train, she’s thrust into the gritty reality of an untamed frontier—and into the arms of a scoundrel.

Henry Stevens, the ruthless railroad executive her father has been sent to investigate, is as passionate as he is ambitious. Brave and charming, as well as clever, and possessed of a sharp wit. He is, in fact, the most fascinating man Lucy has ever met. However, his opponents are vanishing, and strangers are shooting at him. Fearing for her father’s life, Lucy resolves to unmask the secretive Mr. Stevens and expose a villain. What she doesn’t expect to find is a hero.

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Author Bio:
E.E. Burke writes romance from the heart, woven with history the way it really happened in the old American West. Her latest series, Steam! Romance and Rails, includes Passion’s Prize, Her Bodyguard and A Dangerous Passion. Her writing has earned accolades in regional and national contests, including the prestigious Golden Heart®.

Over the years, she’s been a disc jockey, a journalist and an advertising executive, before finally getting around to pursuing her dream of writing novels. The stories she writes are as deeply rooted in American soil as her family, which she can trace back to the earliest colonists and through both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and three daughters, the greatest inspiration of all.

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A Good Man Gone by A.W. Hartoin  

About A Good Man Gone by A.W. Hartoin:

It’s summer in St. Louis and Mercy Watts is on vacation from her parents. The great detective and his nosy wife are on a cruise and Mercy thinks she’s off the hook for doing any investigating for them. But when a family friend has a fatal heart attack, Dad has one of his famous feelings and orders Mercy to look into it. Mercy tries not to get sucked in. She really does, but she’s her father’s daughter. Soon Gavin’s death leads to a more grisly one, the death of a bride on her wedding day. Can the two be connected? Was Gavin murdered? Now Mercy can’t stop. You do for family. That’s all there is to it.

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A.W. Hartoin is the author of the Mercy Watts mystery series and the Away From Whipplethorn fantasy series. She traveled the world with her military husband and now lives in Colorado with her husband, two children, and six bad chickens.

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Bear in Mind by Linda B. Myers  

About Bear in Mind by Linda B. Myers:

If you think old folks at the home are sitting on the porch, listening to the ball game and downing lemonade, then meet retired P.I. Bear Jacobs, his eWatson Lily Gilbert, and the rest of the quirky residents at Jessica’s Adult Care Home. Yes, they are infirm. Yes, they gripe. But all the while, they’re solving crimes and dodging bullets. They’re tough, they’re engaged and, judging by the enemies they make, they stand mighty tall on their canes, walkers and wheels.

In Bear in Mind, the first of the Bear Jacobs series, the residents investigate the case of Charlie’s missing wife. At first they think she’s a heart breaking bitch who abandons her hubby. But Bear learns that women in the community are disappearing at an alarming rate … and to no place good. Is a madman attacking older women, a la the Boston Strangler? Are body parts being stolen? Is a local crematory burning up the evidence? It’s a dangerous and twisted trail that Bear follows toward a surprising conclusion. Bear in Mind is a cozy with bite.

5 STAR REVIEWS ARE IN! “… written with a light tone but with a real sense of urgency for the wounded oldsters who put aside their own woes to tackle a world of depravity.” “The group is fun, will engage you and probably make you LOL. But beware. Beneath the laughter is some very dark danger.”

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The Early Years

I won my first creative contest in the sixth grade for my Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up poster. This started a career that even a Phi Beta Kappa and B.A. from Michigan State University could not derail.

The Career Years

I wrote a non-fiction book entitled The Great Lakes: North America’s Inland Sea published by Outdoor World. The publisher is long since defunct, and the book appears, naked and alone, on eBay every now and again. From this experience I learned how little an author could make.

Consequently, I turned to advertising and eventually became the creative director of Grey in Chicago. I learned it not only pays to advertise, it pays to write it, too. My job titles covered the alphabet from CD to ECD to ECD/EVP to business owner with no title at all when I started my own consultancy. I left Chicago, trading in my stilettos for rain boots, and moved to the Pacific Northwest along with a nervous dachshund and a grouchy parrot.

The Now Years

Now that I represent the older but wiser end of the baby boomer years, I am concentrating on writing fiction. My novels tend toward dark subjects handled in a light tone to make them palatable. The four are available now as Kindle Select books at Amazon.com. They are:

Fun House Chronicles
Lessons of Evil
Bear in Mind
A Time of Secrets

In addition, one of my books is about to be published in Turkey. In Turkish. Which is proof that you just never know who and where your audience might be.

I am currently writing Hard to Bear, a second in the Bear Jacobs mystery series as well as a fantasy trilogy called Cascadian Revels. If you would like to chat, I’d love to hear from you. Email me at myerslindab@gmail.com

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Reflections of a Successful Wallflower – Lessons in Business; Lessons in Life by Andrea Michaels  

About Reflections of a Successful Wallflower – Lessons in Business; Lessons in Life by Andrea Michaels

FOR THE HOLIDAYS ONLY! REFLECTIONS OF A SUCCESSFUL WALLFLOWER – LESSONS IN BUSINESS; LESSONS IN LIFE – THE KINDLE EDITION IS DISCOUNTED!
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Andrea Michaels is literally one of the backbones of the special events industry.She received the one-time only “Pillar of the Industry” Awards in January, 2014, from Special Events magazine. Launching her business when there was no formalized or defined marketplace, she was and still is a trailblazer, pioneering the way for others to follow. Always on the cutting edge of the business, she has stacked up a pile of firsts (and 50 prestigious awards) in her legendary career – from initiating corporate branding and messaging into events and interactive themes that create experiences for the guests to entering the international market ahead of her colleagues and incorporating never-before-used technology into her events, just to name a few. That alone should make her extraordinary, but she runs much deeper. Noted as one of the most caring and giving educators of our time, she has traveled the world to teach others not just her art and craft but to help them learn from her own mistakes. How did this genius evolve? Why is she so revered by all her peers? What does she know that we don’t? Reflections of a Successful Wallflower can only be compared to reading Andrea’s diaries. This first inductee into the industry Hall of Fame shares, openly and candidly, not only the public wunderkind but the inner woman. Discover the workings of one of the foremost event producers in the world. You’ll laugh; you’ll cry; you’ll be in disbelief and fascinated at the same time. She is a storyteller, and her stories and her life are great lessons for everyone.

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Eve of the Hunter Wars by SD tanner  

About Eve of the Hunter Wars by SD tanner:

The battleground between Heaven and Hell is here on earth. A virus destroys mankind leaving only pockets of humanity desperately trying to survive the evolving dead, who are capable of destroying all life on earth. Three foster brothers who have spent their lives as combat soldiers unexpectedly save a woman who cannot speak, but is deadly to the hunters that now rule the earth.

They come out fighting, refusing to accept that survival alone is their only option and they set themselves the mission to destroy all hunters and restore order to the world. Along the way they make enemies of the living and the dead, but they stay true to their course refusing to stand down from their mission regardless of the odds.

But they have underestimated the war they have taken on as their own and slowly it becomes apparent there is more to the hunters than anyone thought possible. The stakes are raised time and again until the true enemy is revealed and the battle is more than they bargained for.

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Author Bio:
SD Tanner has a lifelong interest in all things supernatural and apocalyptic and enjoys complex personalities dealing with difficult situations. With this interest, the Hunter Wars series has combined Tanner’s personal enthusiasm for people and the mysterious to create a world and characters that never stop evolving.

As an expert in helping organisations and people change, Tanner has lived in many countries, explored different cultures and developed a blended view of how people behave and what we enjoy in life.

Tanner mostly enjoys a quiet life, a favoured cat called Mousey and, for no reason they understand, is a keen gym junkie. Otherwise, if you met Tanner, you would not know they write. In fact, Tanner is a little shy about that and only asks that you enjoy the books as they have been written with you, the reader, in mind.

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Daemons Within  

About Daemons Within:

An up-and-coming scholar is abruptly accused of a heinous crime. A malevolent force manipulates the thoughts and actions of the fragile and frail. A young lady is lost in the dark haze of her own disturbed perceptions. As the sun tumbled lazily from its apex on this very lazy summer day in the Year of Our Lord 1367, the stillness and serenity of the afternoon, and the entire village of Tealford, was harshly broken.

Can Bertram, Gautier, and Robert uncover the truth before justice is abused? Follow the suspicions of our three heroes as they face the vilest opponent imaginable: The deepest recesses of a tortured mind.

Daemons Within is Book I of The Sword and the Spirit Adventures. Set in 14th Century England, this suspense-packed action-adventure will renew your faith in good people, give you reason to challenge your preconceptions about the human mind, while the story keeps you guessing until the end.

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Dillon Blaine is a historian, philosopher, and a student of human psychology. The Sword and the Spirit Adventures are his way of exploring the human condition and the need for encouraging generosity between people. The Sword and the Spirit Adventures are exciting and intriguing fictional stories of human suspense, drama, and humour, set in 14th century England. They follow three heroes as they solve mysteries and fight to right the wrongs of the powerful against the powerless. The three symbols of the sword, the Greek letter psi, and the cross, represent the specific contributions of the three heroes to each adventure. http://smashwords.com/Profile/View/DillonBlaine

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Real Santa  

About Real Santa:

STARRED REVIEW BOOKLIST

“If somebody doesn’t make a movie out of this book, there’s something wrong with the world. This could have been played as an out-and-out slapstick comedy, but instead the author approaches the story like a character study: a portrait of a man with the best intentions in the world watching those intentions collide with reality. It’s a steamroller of a story, starting small, with George’s idea, and getting bigger and bigger as George tries to put the elements together, as his obsession takes him further and further away from reality. Beautifully done.”

David Pitts Booklist
“The author marries the everyday dramas found in the novels of Tom Perrotta and Nick Hornby to the high camp of Carl Hiaasen or Dave Barry. Adults looking for a funny holiday-themed tale that doesn’t lose its sense of wonder in the face of realism will find a treat here. A lovingly crafted comedy about the madness that fatherhood inspires.”

Kirkus Reviews
Best-selling author Hazelgrove (e.g., Ripples; Tobacco Sticks) captures the human need to believe in something good. This book will satisfy readers looking for a happy Christmas story.– Library Journal
“Hazelgrove’s lively improbable narrative will appeal to the readers in the mood for holiday fiction.”

Publishers Weekly

George Kronenfeldt is an unemployed engineer with one shot to keep his daughters belief in Santa intact. When Megan tells him the only way she will believe in Santa is if she can videotape him and then tells her fourth grade class she will prove the existence of Santa Claus by posting her video to YouTube, George realizes he must become the Real Santa.

Real Santa is a funny heartwarming story of parenthood gone wrong and illuminates what lengths parents will go to keep their children happy.

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Author Bio:
William Elliott Hazelgrove is the best-selling author of eight novels, Ripples, Tobacco Sticks, Mica Highways, Rocket Man, The Pitcher, Real Santa and the forthcoming Jackpine and The Pitcher 2. His books have received starred reviews in Publisher Weekly, Book of the Month Selections, Junior Library Guild Selections, ALA Editors Choice Awards and optioned for the movies. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer in Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for USA Today and other publications. He has been the subject of interviews in NPR’s All Things Considered along with features in The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Richmond Times Dispatch, USA Today, People, Channel 11, NBC, WBEZ, WGN. His most recent novel, The Pitcher is a Junior Library Guild Selection and was chosen Book of the Year by Books and Authors. net. His next book Jackpine will be out Spring 2014 with Koehler Books. A follow up novel Real Santa will be out fall of 2014.

He runs a political cultural blog, The View From Hemingway’s Attic.

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Sinful Rewards #1 by Cynthia Sax  

About Sinful Rewards #1 by Cynthia Sax:

Belinda “Bee” Carter is a good girl; at least, that’s what she tells herself. And a good girl deserves a nice guy—just like the gorgeous and moody billionaire Nicolas Rainer. He is everything she wants in a man.

Or so she thinks, until she takes a look through her telescope and sees a naked, tattooed man on the balcony across the courtyard. Hawke is mysterious, the bad boy she knows will bring only heartbreak. He has been watching her, and that makes him all the more enticing.

But when a mysterious and anonymous text message dares her to do something bad, she must decide if she is really the good girl she has always claimed to be, or if she’s willing to risk everything for her secret fantasy of being watched.

Is her mystery man the reclusive billionaire with a wild side or the darkly dangerous bad boy?

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Cynthia Sax lives in a world where demons aren’t all bad, angels aren’t all good, and magic happens every single day. Although her heroes may not always say, “I love you”, they will do anything for the women they love. They live passionately. They fight fiercely. They love the same women forever.

Cynthia has loved the same wonderful man forever. Her supportive hubby offers himself up to the joys and pains of research, while they travel the world together, meeting fascinating people and finding inspiration in exotic places such as Istanbul, Bali, and Chicago.

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because  

About because:

Robert had reached the summit of many mountains. His adventures took him to unimaginable heights, yet his greatest achievements were not in conquering these majestic beauties, but in his ability to reach people in need. That is, until he’s the one facing the toughest climb of his life.

Roberto Sanchez is living the dream; one could say the man had it all. He is blessed with a beautiful wife and daughter who complete him. A career that reaches at-risk kids that brings him true joy. Then a tragic accident leads Robert to a chasm of dark despair. Although his interventions have reached many, he found he is incapable of helping himself off the edge of a cliff, jeopardizing his career, his marriage, and himself.

because takes us on a journey of two Roberts as he struggles to find a way to once again Believe.

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Jack Langedijk is a passionate storyteller with contagious optimism and original ideas. He has delivered many ground-breaking workshops in leadership and listening to diverse audiences including elementary school children, families and corporations.

Jack founded QUEST-I’m-ON, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to create and foster healthy relationships within schools, workplaces and homes. He received his BFA in Montreal at Concordia University and his MFA at York University in Toronto. Jack had also taught acting and directing at Concordia University and Ryerson University in Toronto.

because is his debut novel which combines lessons learned from his own life with a fictional setting that articulates and instils fresh strategies for social issues such as teen bullying. With powerful anecdotes and vivid metaphors, the novel expresses real life obstacles and the possibilities of achievements for all of us.

Jack lives with his wife and daughter in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Spell For Sophia by Ariella Moon  

About Spell For Sophia by Ariella Moon:

Kidnapped by her lawless parents, Sophia resorts to thievery and arson to escape. Her survival depends on her mastering magic and the supernatural, and guarding her heart against Breaux, a voodoo queen’s grandson. When magic hurls the teens through time, Sophia’s friend Ainslie will risk her sanity to find them. Fate and ghosts await, and conjuring always exacts a price.

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Ariella Moon is the author of the Teen Wytche Saga, a sweet Young Adult paranormal series. Ariella writes about magic, friendship, high school, secrets, and love in Spell Check, Spell Struck, Spell Fire, and Spell For Sophia from Astraea Press.
Ariella spent her childhood searching for a magical wardrobe that would transport her to Narnia. Extreme math anxiety, and taller students who mistook her for a leaning post, marred her youth. Despite these horrors, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Davis. Ariella is a Reiki Master, author, and shaman. She lives a nearly normal life with her extraordinary daughter, two shamelessly spoiled dogs, and an enormous dragon.

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Bound (Dark Reflections Volume 1)  

About Bound (Dark Reflections Volume 1):

The only thing worse than having no family at all, is having a family that is out to hurt you. That would all be bad enough for a normal 17-year-old, but it’s even worse for Alec Graves. A shape shifter’s pack, his family, is the only thing stopping the other preternatural creatures out there from killing them.

Alec’s pack isn’t just neglectful, he’s pretty sure that his father wants him dead. Alec is about to be sent to the front lines of a war between his people and everything else that goes bump in the night. His only chance of survival is to convince everyone around him that he’s the perfect soldier, but there are lines that Alec won’t cross, not for any price.

Bound is a YA/Teen Urban Fantasy novel.

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Dean Murray discovered the joys of reading at a young age and unknowingly ingested unhealthy doses of romance along with his science fiction and fantasy. By the time he realized what had happened it was too late to reverse the process and he spent his formative years (while his peers were still convinced that girls had cooties) trying to convince one specific girl to be his girlfriend to no avail.

As fate would have it, he’s incredibly grateful that he failed in his attempts in second grade because it meant that he was able to eventually find his real happily ever after with his wife Katie to whom he’s been happily married for more than six years.

Dean is the author of seventeen published novels (and a host of short stories), which collectively have more than 450,000 copies in circulation, and he’s currently writing six books a year in an effort to create the perfect, larger than life romance story—which he’s pretty sure involves either vampire, werewolves, fairies or shape shifters.

You can find a complete list of Dean’s work and keep up to speed on his current projects at DeanWrites.com.

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Productive, Positive, and Happy: Start Getting the Most Out of Your Life in 21 Days or Less!  

About Productive, Positive, and Happy: Start Getting the Most Out of Your Life in 21 Days or Less!:

ATTACKING THE THREE FACETS OF A SUCCESSFUL LIFE

What are these facets? I’m glad you asked.

– PHYSICAL

– MENTAL

– FINANCIAL

Inside we will address each of these in detail. As the book is broken up into three sections solely based on these aspects.

PHYSICAL

In part I of this book you will learn the Action Steps required in order to get the most out of life!

You will learn things such as…

How to create a morning ritual, and why it’s SO important!

Understand how to PROPERLY set goals, so that you can accomplish them every time!

Breaking ANY bad habit in 21 days or less

Exercising. Why it’s important, and practical steps on how to start! (if you haven’t yet)

How to COMMAND respect from everyone, and anyone!

Why you NEED to be taking chances in your life! And how to do so.

Why you NEED to be telling people your dreams! *Hint* Motivators Vs. Inspirators!
MENTAL

In part II, we will dive into the vital Mental Changes NECESSARY if you want to reach the best version of yourself! Your brain is so incredibly powerful, and if it is not perfectly in tune with your body, then it will actually GREATLY hinder your success, happiness, and productivity!

You will learn things such as…

How to master “The Mental Game”!

Why other peoples opinions of you, DO NOT MATTER! And how to let go of them…

Understand that you are NOT defined by “what you do”, but rather by “who you ARE!”

How to let go of your “victim” mentality, and why it can be so poisonous!

How to be thankful at all times by keeping things in PERSPECTIVE!

Don’t give up… don’t ever give up
FINANCIAL

Finally, in part III we will attack the finances. More specifically, how to become Financially Free, and how to create your own Passive Income online.

You will learn things suchs as…

How you can find financial freedom!

Exactly HOW I personally make my living online!

Exactly how YOU can start making money online TODAY!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Seriously, what are you waiting for? Is your happiness, productivity, and success in life NOT worth $2.99 to you? Wow… you SERIOUSLY undervalue yourself. If it makes you feel better, if for some reason you DON’T find my book AT ALL appealing to you, then you can always return it and get all your money back at any time. All $2.99 of it!

So you really have nothing to lose. Scroll to the top and click the “Buy Now” button, and START learning how to get the most out of your life in 21 days or LESS!

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Author Bio:
I live a pretty extraordinarily normal life.

I currently reside in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, with my amazing family, whom I love. I am currently a full-time author at the age of 20, and I am LOVING every minute of it.

While I may be young in age, I believe my experiences and incredible adventures give me a unique perspective–a point of view you couldn’t get from anyone else.

I try to live every day as if it were my last, allowing myself to fully experience the highs and lows of each and every day. I refuse to let myself get hung up on insignificant events, and instead choose to respond with positivity, optimism, and love.

I truly hope you enjoy my books.

Thank you and have a great day!

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